to reduce traffic congestion caused by having to give way to trains to increase safety by eliminating the temptation for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians to cross tracks when boom gates are lowered.

Figures published in March 2010 by UK rail operator Network Rail revealed that as many as three motorists a week continue to break the law at level crossings, narrowly avoiding a fatal collision with ...

All infrastructure projects change the determinants of health — the “causes of the causes” of good health — to some extent. Despite this, the public health impacts of the level-crossing removals have ...